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their properties under the supervision of this office and have asked that they be 

 handled in the same way as county forests except, of course, in the case of private 

 forests all financial obligations must be met by the individual. 



OsLER Forest 



This forest is the property of H. S. Osier, Esq. It is situated on Lake 

 Scugog and consists of 1,600 acres. About three-quarters of the area is grass 

 land and will be planted. The remainder is woodland. 



During the spring the following trees were set out: 



White Pine 12,000 



Jack Pine 33,000 



Scotch Pine 46,000 



Red Pine 11,000 



Elm 2,000 



Soft Maple 10,000 



A contour and type map was prepared during the summer which is being 

 used as a basis for working plans. 



Williams Forest 



This forest is the property of Francis Williams, of Bracebridge, Muskoka. 

 It is situated eight miles from that town and is 600 acres in size. It comprises, 

 for the most part, some of the typical Muskoka hardwood land and is more a 

 management proposition than planting. There are, however, some areas of 

 grass land which are being planted, and thinning and improvement work is 

 being done during the winter. A map of this area was also made during the 

 summer and working plans are being prepared. 



TREE PLANTING 



Private Planting 



The planting of trees by private individuals this year increased more than 

 double over the previous year. This was due to a more vigorous campaign of 

 advertising than previously and also to the interest created by the offer of the 

 Branch to supply windbreak material. 



During the winter a seventy-one page illustrated bulletin on "Forest Tree 

 Planting" was issued, setting forth in detail the advantages and methods of such 

 work. A small circular was also issued, entitled "Windbreaks and Shelter 

 Belts." The number of persons supplied with trees were 1,351, and the number 

 of trees of all species sent out was 1,954,671. 



DEMONSTRATION PLOTS 



The purpose of establishing demonstration plots througout the Province 

 has been to show to persons having non-agricultural land how this might be 

 utilized for tree growth and what results might be expected. Some of the plots 



